Grilled Cabbage With Spicy Thai Dressing

Deeply fragrant, with smoky, charred edges, cabbage takes on a nutty, sweet flavor when grilled over blazing-hot coals. Its structure also makes it the ideal vessel for this spicy Thai dressing.

Nigel Slater's Grilled Beef Vietnamese Salad

Adapted from The Kitchen Diaries. [Photograph: Blake Royer] Why I Picked This Recipe: Though I've ordered this type of salad at restaurants before, I've never tried it at home, and I was eager to play with Slater's proportions in the...

Charred Corn, Radish, Jicama, and Green Bean Salad With Lime Dressing

A bright summer salad of charred corn, green beans, radishes, and jicama in a lime and olive oil dressing.

Vietnamese Citrus and Noodle Salad With Fresh Herbs and Fried Yuba (Tofu Skin)

Crispy fried tofu skin, rice noodles, handfuls of herbs, and crunchy, fresh vegetables combine for a light-yet-hearty salad with a huge variety of textures and flavors, all dressed with a punchy lime, garlic, and chile dressing.

Fruity Black Rice Salad With Cilantro, Avocado, and Pepitas in Chili-Orange Vinaigrette

This black rice salad is full of color: avocado and cilantro for a shock of green, mangoes and oranges for some contrast, followed by a sprinkle of red onion and a shower of earthy, crunchy pepitas, all tied together with chile and cumin-spiked orange vinaigrette.

Serious Salads: Grilled Salmon With Cucumber Basil Salad

Warm grilled salmon topped with a punchy Thai cucumber salad makes a refreshing and light main course. The dressing, made from fresh lime juice, garlic, fish sauce, and sugar, has that classic sweet-sour-salty Thai flavor; use it as a sauce to spoon liberally around the fish.

Jicama and Pomelo Salad With Spicy Thai Dressing (Vegan)

A refreshing hot, sweet, and sour Thai-style salad with jicama and pomelo.

Thai Beef Salad

In this Thai Beef Salad recipe, steak is marinated with Thai flavors, grilled and served over a bed of greens and herbs with a tasty dressing!

Steak Salad With Cucumber, Peppers, and Spicy Fish Sauce Vinaigrette

A fresh and crunchy steak salad with a sweet-hot fish sauce-based dressing. It can be made ahead and stored overnight to pack for a next-day lunch.

Spicy Shrimp and Green Apple Salad

A quick salad of shrimp, apples, tomatoes, and herbs in a fish sauce and lime juice dressing, this can be served as a stand-alone salad or, as the Thai people often do, with rice as an entrée.